10 March 2004 Wednesday 18 Muharram 1425 Senate chief violating constitution: opposition ISLAMABAD, March 9: The opposition senators belonging to the Democratic Alliance on Tuesday accused the Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro of violating the Constitution and setting aside the parliamentary traditions. ... PPP firm on sit-in plan at Sindh PA: MMA supports protest call KARACHI, March 9: The Sindh Assembly session is likely to be convened on March 18 or 19 following a requisition filed by the Pakistan People's Party after the murder of one of its sitting MPA. ... Qazi sets terms for cooperation: PM promises no repeal of Hudood law ISLAMABAD March 9: Prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has held out an assurance to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal that his government will not repeal the Hudood Ordinance or effect any changes in the law. ... ARD blames govt for MPA's murder ISLAMABAD, March 9: The component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have held the Sindh government responsible for the murder of the PPP MPA, Abdullah Murad Baloch ... PPP terms defection of MNA horse-trading ISLAMABAD, March 9: The People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has termed the defection of MNA Zafar Iqbal Warraich the worst kind of horse-trading and condemned the government for pressurising opposition members so as to get their support. ... Warraich was in touch with ruling party RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 9: Mr Zafar Iqbal Warraich who resigned as MNA on Tuesday has been associated with the People's Party for the last two decades. Also holding the office of the district PPP president ... Pakistan's N-programme under US watch since '70s ISLAMABAD, March 9: The United States was trying as far back as the 1970s, when Pakistan's nuclear programme was in its infancy, to apply pressure on China, France, Germany, South Africa, Niger, Canada and others to dry up the supply lines to Islamabad, official documents reveal. ... PM refuses to stop Fort transfer to Punjab LAHORE, March 9: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is said to have refused to reevaluate his decision to hand over the federally-controlled Lahore Fort and Shalamar Gardens to the Punjab despite pressure at the last cabinet meeting. ... Saudi prince calls on prime minister ISLAMABAD, March 9: Saudi Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammad Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali here on Tuesday. ... ANP favours signing of NPT, CTBT LAHORE, March 9: The Awami National Party (ANP) favours signing of the NPT and the CTBT. "The government should neither bow before the MMA pressure nor link the issue with New Delhi's attitude ... 132 prohibited weapons' licences issued in Pindi: Faisal ISLAMABAD, March 9: Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat told the National Assembly that a total of 132 licences for prohibited arms had been issued to various persons belonging to Rawalpindi district. ... Western media playing 'negative role' LAHORE, March 9: The Western media is continuously playing a negative role against Muslims, especially after 9/11, poisoning brains of innocent people. ... Technology incubators to be set up in universities ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will set up technology incubators at or near the selected public sector universities. ... CPNE decries government's pressure tactics KARACHI, March 9: An emergency meeting of the standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) on Monday strongly deplored the government's action in stopping advertising to the Nawa-i-Waqt and Nation group of newspapers ... More buses from India for cricket matches LAHORE, March 9: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation and the Delhi Transport Corporation have decided to run additional buses to facilitate Indian cricket fans to travel Pakistan to see matches between the two countries. ... PTCL okays project to curb skin disease ISLAMABAD, March 9: The Research and Development Fund Committee of Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has approved a Rs2.212 million project to combat leishmaniasis. ... Attack fears keep girls schools shut in Diamer GILGIT, March 9: The girls' schools in Darel and Tangir tehsils of Diamer district are still shut for fear of fresh attacks by the religious extremists despite all efforts by the administration to reopen them, sources told Dawn. ... Courier used for drug pushing LAHORE, March 9: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) commander Brig Ashfaqur Rashid said on Tuesday that certain courier services were misused for drug trafficking in the past, and claimed to have smashed one such network in Germany recently. ...

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